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The television series Reply 1997, portraying events in Korean popular culture of the 1990s, recounts the rise of fan obsession with celebrities. As opportunities for fans to interact with celebrities were limited, people opted to become "Sukso fans", or sasaeng fans who stay outside a celebrity's house all night until they get to see their idol.
Anti-Korean sentiment or Koryophobia describes negative feelings towards Korean people, Korean culture, or the countries, North Korea and/or South Korea. Anti-Korean sentiment has varied by location and time. Major historical events that impacted it include the Japanese occupation of Korea, Vietnam War, the Korean War and its aftermath.
The early 2010s bolstered K-pop to an international powerhouse with the global Korean wave. K-pop has always been influenced by Japanese and western musical styles; however, many link its international success to the globalization caused by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout period (during the 1997 South Korean economic crash) in ...
A key driver of K-pop's growth in South Africa is the accessibility provided by platforms such as YouTube and Spotify, where K-pop content is readily available, along with efforts by South Korean cultural centres that organize events to promote K-pop and Korean culture. [130]
BTS performing "Not Today" during Speak Yourself tour at MetLife Stadium, May 18, 2019. South Korean boy band BTS was formed in 2010 and debuted in 2013. [1] The septet has had a significant cultural impact both in Korea and internationally, and is considered one of the leading figures of the Hallyu wave in the 21st century.
Racism in South Korea (Korean: 남한의 인종차별; Hanja: 南韓의 人種差別) comprises negative attitudes and views on race or ethnicity which are related to each other, are held by various people and groups in South Korea, and have been reflected in discriminatory laws, practices and actions (including violence) at various times in ...
South Korea's central bank, the Bank of Korea, found in 2021 that BTS, including a "ripple effect" that included increased tourism to South Korea; increased interest in Korean culture, movies, and study of the Korean language; and added approximately US$5 billion per year to South Korea's economy, a growth of about 0.5 percent. [348]
Korea now has a lower fertility rate than any developed country and one of the lowest rates of female labor-force participation — 60% for women aged 25 to 54 versus 75% in the USA and 76% in the EU." [58] The percentage of Korean women who say it is "necessary" to have children declined from 90% in 1991 to 58% in 2000. [58]